Reversing tool box lid

Huh, when I got the 3B there was a gas tank there.

 

Actually I was there when my brother torched out the tool box. He only set fire to the carpet twice. A couple of guys were lowering a motor into Mikes Scout and only one of them got a hand wound up in the chain hoist. Mike was grinding a grove in his T90 case so it could be welded and only ground off 1/2 of his knuckle. Rob was installing a new bumper on the back of his Toyota pickup and only dropped it once on a foot. Mikes Scout didn't have a top on it and he had no seat so he was sitting on a case of empty Falstaff bottles. Did I mention it started snowing? Rob was towing Mike back to Greeley and decided to take two trips around the block to just mess with Mike.
Oh, the memories.
I suppose this is a thread hiijack but I hope somebody can apprecate the humor.

 

Just a hint, when I redone my Jeep I noticed that with the new springs the rear was a little higher than the front, the tool box lip drain is in the rear of the opening.
After I got it done the tool box lip would hold water in the front if I got rained on, or got it wet when washing it. To fix the problem I drilled a hole in the front of the lip and thru the tool box floor as close to the middle hump as I cold and J B welded a piece of PCV water pipe in to let the water drain out of the tool box lip. Also one Spring after winter storage I found a mouse had crawled up through the little hole in the riser where the original drain was and made a nest in my tool box out of my toilet paper and gloves, I had to empty my tool box and wash it out, smelled awful, clean all my tools, throw away my carpet and rags I had in there to lessen the rattle, and replace it. I now have a screen over the drain hole. Sounds silly but it's true.

 

it was only 6 spot welds I popped them and just turned the lid around ,,, I had some hi backs and I couldn't lift the seat easily ,but the slotted attachment did make it easier to remove the seats .my wife didn't like how much play was in there though

 

"...my carpet and rags I had in there to lessen the rattle, and replace it. I now have a screen over the drain hole."

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Speaking of the stock seats and how they flip forward. Getting into the back seat with the soft top on is a pain in the rear. Flipping the seat really doesn't help. I've wonder why they didn't do a flip and fold like they did in the wagon front passenger seat. Flipped and folded would make it so much easier.

 

On my 58 they don't, and I'm pretty sure they are original. I wonder if it was an option or maybe a later year thing. Is your 59 that way? Can you send me a pic.

I'm adding a rear seat to ours for more comfortable passengers. I've ordered in a front drivers seat from a wagon to modify for the flip and fold. I pulled the one out of my wagon for test fit and it's a perfect size. All I'm going to add is a L bracket on the floor like the wagon back seats and weld on front legs, again like the wagon. Will start a thread with pics when I actually receive it. Might do the same for that front seat.

 

Same attaching brackets?

 

Thanks for the Dri Dek tip PeteL, I will check it out.

 

I didn't hinge mine at all, the way its designed it sits in a lip anyway, so i used a strap over the top to keep it from moving around...

 

I drilled out my spot welds and reversed the lid after seeing that CJ6/442 had posted it up on his build. I'm running Corbeau JP seats and I can flip my seats far enough forward to access the tool box.